Lanzarote s Lighter Winds Frustrate Irish Olympic Sailors on Penultimate Day of Winter Series
27th January 2021
Howth s Eve McMahon in action in Lanzarote
Credit: Photo: Lanzarote Academy
Annalise Murphy has dropped to fourth overall in the ILCA 6 class after a penultimate day of lighter wind conditions at the Olympic classes Lanzarote Winter Series in the Canary Islands.
The 2016 Irish Olympic silver medalist had overhauled regatta leader Anne Marie Rindom of Denmark by a single point after race eight today and moved briefly into the overall lead but after a 17 scored in race nine this afternoon, the National Yacht Club solo sailor was back in fourth overall with a scoresheet so far of 3,2,2,2,1,6,4,33 and 17.
National Yacht Club s Annalise Murphy Lying Second in Lanzarote Winter Series
26th January 2021
Annalise Murphy conpeting in the first day of competition at the Lanzarote Winter Series
Credit: Bogee Toth/Lanzarote Academy via Facebook
Olympic silver medalist Annalise Murphy marked her return to competition after a three-month break with a second overall after the first day of competition in the ILCA 6 (Laser Radial) at the Lanzarote Winter Series in the Canary Islands yesterday.
The National Yacht Club ace is on seven points after three races sailed, four points behind Denmark s Anne Marie Rindom who took three straight wins in the perfect sailing conditions that prevailed off the Arrecife coast.
Howth ILCA 6 Sailor Eve McMahon Interviewed at Lanzarote Winter Series on Paris 2024 Ambitions
26th January 2021
Eve McMahon talks to Jon Emmett in Lanzarote. Check out the youtube interview below
Annalise Murphy’s training partner Eve McMahon of Howth Yacht Club was interviewed today at the Lanzarote Winter Series. Watch the interview below.
The young Irish Olympic aspirant was talking to Laser coach Jon Emmett about today’s breezy conditions that saw a number of broken rigs.
The Irish and Danish sailing teams have teamed up for some winter training in the Canary Islands so it s turned out to be quite a training camp for the 16-year-old Dubliner who is this week away from the schoolbooks and instead lining-up with the Rio silver and bronze medalists.
Olympic Silver Medalist Annalise Murphy & Irish Laser Team Return to Action in Lanzarote Winter Series
25th January 2021
Irish Lasers training in Malta ahead of today s Lanzarote Winter Series
Credit: via Facebook
Ireland s Olympic silver medalist sailor Annalise Murphy returns to action in the Canary Islands this morning, her first regatta since the European Championships in Poland last October.
The only Irish sailor so far qualified for Tokyo 2021 will compete for 14 races (including a medal race) in her boat Ricky Bobby in the Lanzarote Winter Series til Thursday.
With 25 weeks to Tokyo, the Canarian regatta has attracted a fleet of 45-boats including one or two of Murphy s main rivals for July s Olympic Regatta. The presence of Denmark s 2015 World Champion Anne Marie Rindom, for example, means it is unlikely the National Yacht Club ace will have things entirely her own way.
23rd January 2021
Laser 4.7 Euro Championship 2019 underway in Belgium. The classic Laser has served sailing well – the hull design may have been in existence for more than fifty years, yet it still looks very right no matter which of the three rig options you choose.
At one stage last Autumn, it looked for a week or two as though Irish venues might be hosting no less than five World Championships for dinghy classes during the three week period between the July 24th and August 14th 2021. But since then, as the only certainty in this rolling pandemic has proven to be uncertainty itself, two events have been shunted on into 2022.